War of Mist Summary, Characters and Themes | Helen Scheuerer
War of Mist by Helen Scheuerer is a captivating fantasy novel that takes readers on a journey through a fractured realm on the brink of war. The story| BooksThatSlay
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme started by @Lauren’s Page Turners but is currently hosted by Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog. This meme is quite easy to follow – just randomly pick a book from your to-be-read list and explain why you want to read it. It is that simple. This week’s book: Song of Enchantment by Ben […]| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Wrath of the Dragons by Olivia Rose Darling is a captivating fantasy novel that immerses readers into a...| books that slay
With Dagger and Song by Helen Scheuerer is a compelling fantasy novel that immerses readers in a world...| books that slay
War of Mist by Helen Scheuerer is a captivating fantasy novel that takes readers on a journey through a fractured realm on the brink of war. The story| BooksThatSlay
Continuing on with this series of short stories by Faber, this week I’ve read two more during my lunch breaks at work. Some brief thoughts on each: Mrs Fox by Sarah Hall – This one was unexpectedly odd in the direction it moved, yet strangely compelling. I’m still not sure what to make of it. … Continue reading Faber Stories: Two Brief Reviews| Theresa Smith Writes
Art by Anzia Anderson from Teaching Fantasy Writing by Carl Anderson Teach fantasy writing? Why? It’s undeniable that many children want to write fantasy. Rarely, however, is a study of fantasy writing included in school curriculums. We can’t blame this omission on writing standards. In […] The post Teach Fantasy Writing to Help Students Explore Personally Meaningful Themes appeared first on Corwin Connect.| Corwin Connect
Invariably, something that is bothering an author is going to make its way into the book they’re writing. That something for Jackie Lau in Magically Generated is GenAI. While I am largely on the side that Lau takes via her main character’s rants, I thought the note was hit too often and it wasn’t necessary because Lau already had enough character depth with Nora to have the reader empathize with […]| faintingviolet
For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape.| Hooks, Books, & Wanderlust
Weird climate fiction descends into horror in Argentinian author Michel Nieva's 2023 novel Dengue Boy, translated from Spanish by Rahul Bery. The subtitle could be 'Revenge of the mutant human mosquito' and it's not for the faint-hearted. This is magical realism taken to the limit.| Market Garden Reader
4 stars — That was a surprisingly emotional read for me. Like, seriously, I cried more than was probably warranted. I split time between reading and listening, but I really enjoyed Ms. Spence…| Celebrity Readers
Grave birds haunt the cemeteries of Hawthorne, South Carolina. Hollis Sutherland never knew these unique birds existed, not until she died and was brought back to life. The ghostly birds are manifestations of the dead’s unfinished business, and they know Hollis and her uncanny gift can set them free. When a mysterious, charming bachelor wanders…| Hooks, Books, & Wanderlust
Author: Catherine Bakewell Clara’s magic has always been wild. But it’s never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poisonous flowers to bloom in her father’s chest. The only way to heal him is to cast an extremely difficult spell that requires perfect control. And the only person willing to help is her former best… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Flowerheart ~|
Some books find a way to crack open your heart and leave pieces of themselves behind. Dustin Thao’s You’ve Reached Sam and When Haru Was Here are two such stories—quietly devastating, beautifully written, and deeply emotional explorations of grief, memory, and love. Though each stands alone, both novels echo with the ache of loss and the haunting possibility of… Continue reading standalone review | dustin thao: you’ve reached sam & when haru was here→|
Alfredo Poggi talks to Spencer and Laurie about his new book Magical Realism, Latin America, and the Appearance of Precritical Theory, published by Rowman & Littlefield. Poggi makes the bold argument for taking Marian visions at face value and seeing them as a powerful antidote to ideology. Poggi uses Latin American literary approach of magical realism to reveal a precritical perspective.| The Maurin Academy for Regenerative Studies
It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live. Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is…| Hooks, Books, & Wanderlust
From the critically-acclaimed, bestselling author of WEYWARD...2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales, hoping Jess can help explain the vivid dreams that preceded the attack – but her sister…| Hooks, Books, & Wanderlust
About the Book: When Caitlin inherits a significant sum of money on her fortieth birthday, she decides to break the habits of a lifetime and throw caution to the winds. She’s about to tell he…| Theresa Smith Writes
"The Spiral Staircase" is of a different order, truly a lapidary masterpiece. Even as I began it, the story sent me off on associative journeys--Borges "Library of Babel," Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle. And then the story brought me back to its own intention, which I believe to be an intensely lyrical exploration of presence and absence, in this case not only psychological but also metaphysical. Marvelous.| A Writing Life: Lâle Davidson
“Hello. This is your storyteller. You may already be wondering why I’m intruding onto the story like this, which is a fair question.” Fifteen years ago, teenagers Jeremy and Rafe …| LittleFrogScribbles
Postmodernism is dead, but its successor has not yet been crowned. Attributes of that successor have, however, begun to be elucidated. Among them is the idea that, after the scepticism of postmodernism, interest is re-emerging in the inexplicable, the unspeakable, in the things that cannot be encompassed rationally. Florian Niedlich calls this development a ‘religious … Oscillating Towards the Sublime Read More » The post Oscillating Towards the Sublime first appeared on Notes on Metamod...| Notes on Metamodernism
We’re nearing the end of this year’s adventures, but we’re not ready to stop yet! There’s a few days of May left to celebrate the fantastic – first, we’re lookin…| onemore.org
Molly F. Law talks about her debut novel, The Enchanted Reader.| G. Connor Salter
